Heartbroken friends have paid tribute to a young teacher who died with coronavirus on her 25th birthday after beating anorexia.
Claudia Marsh died at Liverpool Royal University Hospital, prompting an outpouring of grief from across Merseyside. She had spent years helping people who were battling eating disorders after recovering from her own battle.
Claudia was first introduced to Talking Eating Disorders (TEDs), an eating disorder charity, in 2013 when she had anorexia but after recovering she turned her hands to helping others.
She benefited from and volunteered at TEDs alongside the Whitechapel Centre where she helped the city's homeless community. Leigh Best, who founded TEDs and was a friend of Claudia's, said that her smile "lit up